Committed, Long-term CAP Interns who are awarded this fellowship for exemplary CAP service with community receive a $3500 honorarium. This award is made possible through the France Merrick Foundation that believes that community service should be an essential part of collegiate life.
In addition to CAP Internships, MICA students may participate in a range of other community-related courses and extracurricular projects. These initiatives range from a class for community-based mural projects, to Finding Baltimore-a CAP course focused on physically exploring Baltimore, to a class offered on public art and art intervention, to the multi-semester Exhibition Development Seminar that provides students with hands-on experience mounting a major exhibition linking specially designed cultural programs with underserved communities. Each CAP initiative puts to work the energy and talents of MICA students and is designed, in part, to facilitate the development of the students’ leadership abilities. CAP provides the space, time, materials, and mentorship for students to plan out, test, and re-evaluate the many decisions a leader must make.
Within an academic setting there are limited opportunities for college students to engage the life and spirit of community. Considering the tremendously positive impact this work may have on a student, the CAP staff encourages all MICA students to give CAP a try.
Since CAP’s inception in 1998 more than 1100 MICA students- undergraduate and graduate, from all majors- have participated in CAP. Why don’t you?
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